VETERINARIANS

FARMERS

Farmers’ primary goal is to have healthy animals through good husbandry. Good hygiene, proper feed, appropriate husbandry and good management practices are by far the best strategy for farmers to adopt, not just for health-related reasons but for economic reasons too.

FOOD CHAIN

EPRUMA calls for a EU One-Health approach to vaccines

March 15, 2018

EPRUMA welcomes DG SANTE’s initiative to strengthen EU citizens’ awareness about the benefits of vaccination, and notices that the current public consultation on ‘Strengthened cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases’ does not cover vaccination in veterinary medicine, an essential element of a One Health approach.

We call on the EU institutions

to support research and innovation for veterinary vaccines

to increase their availability in all Member States for all species, including minor ones, and

to increase public awareness of the benefits of animal vaccination as part of a One Health strategy.